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AMC options top 300,000 contracts as 'The Odyssey' question hits the tape

7/20/2026

Options activity in AMC Entertainment (AMC) surged past 300,000 contracts from the opening bell, with the session's central question being whether a property called "The Odyssey" can bring the stock's retail investor community, the "apes," back to the name.

The next confirmable milestone: whether that opening options volume translates into sustained movement in the underlying shares by the close.

The options print More than 300,000 AMC contracts changed hands as of writing, a burst that arrived from the gate rather than building through the session.

Opening-hour options volume of that scale in a single name tends to signal coordinated retail intent rather than quiet institutional accumulation. The print commands attention on the tape.

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